Plus or Pro?

If you plan on upgrading yourself, Best Buy might be a better option if you plan on getting the extended warranty. Not sure how TiVo might handle the extended warranty and upgraded drive even if you replace it with the stock drive.

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Yep. Thats why i cancelled my Amazon order and put an order in to pick up at BB when i get back into town tonight. Even though i had to pay sales tax.

If you plan on upgrading yourself, Best Buy might be a better option if you plan on getting the extended warranty. Not sure how TiVo might handle the extended warranty and upgraded drive even if you replace it with the stock drive.

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Do you mean if I plan to upgrade the Hard Drive? I was planning on getting the Pro so I think that's going to be plenty big enough. Not familiar with the extended warranty... Is it from Best Buy or TiVo?

As long as you don't plan to open the case you can buy an extended warranty from TiVo. It's $30 for 2 years or $40 for 3 years. You can buy it after the fact even if you got the TiVo from another retailer, you just have to call.

The reason people like Best Buy for units they plan to upgrade is because Best Buy has no way of knowing you opened the case, so there is no danger of them refusing to honor the warranty. And TiVo will honor a Best Buy warranty and allow you to transfer lifetime service to the new unit.

As long as you don't plan to open the case you can buy an extended warranty from TiVo. It's $30 for 2 years or $40 for 3 years. You can buy it after the fact even if you got the TiVo from another retailer, you just have to call.

The reason people like Best Buy for units they plan to upgrade is because Best Buy has no way of knowing you opened the case, so there is no danger of them refusing to honor the warranty. And TiVo will honor a Best Buy warranty and allow you to transfer lifetime service to the new unit.

As long as you don't plan to open the case you can buy an extended warranty from TiVo. It's $30 for 2 years or $40 for 3 years. You can buy it after the fact even if you got the TiVo from another retailer, you just have to call.

The reason people like Best Buy for units they plan to upgrade is because Best Buy has no way of knowing you opened the case, so there is no danger of them refusing to honor the warranty. And TiVo will honor a Best Buy warranty and allow you to transfer lifetime service to the new unit.

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So, Tivo knows if you've opened the case even if you put the original drive back in?

ETA: Maybe I'll see how it goes with yours. Are you gonna try to get it paired on Tuesday?

Side note: Amazon seems to be selling a LOT of these.
They showed 17 available yesterday morning and by last night they only had 2 left. Today they are showing 18 more in stock (more on the way!) and in the 30 minutes since we got to the Hotel they have sold 3 more and now have 15 left. It would appear that TiVo may have a winner on their hands. I don't recall the Elites flying off the shelves like these are.

Their logs can tell that you've called in with a bigger hard drive installed then what is standard for your unit.

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Well, another advantage of the BB warranty over the TiVo one is that if your TiVo fails BB will likely just give you credit towards a new one (whatever version is current) whereas TiVo will probably send you a refurb.

Yesterday, I opened up my Plus to upgrade my HD. I pulled my Cablecard out of my Elite, that I sold on eBay, and put it in the Plus. i was preparing to call the Cox CC activation line to swap it over, but everything works!

Is this just temporary?

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If you can get encrypted channels then it's effectively paired. However you don't need a CableCard to receive clear QAM channels. The card holds "keys" that are specific to the host id, the card id and programming. I'm pretty sure it's a violation of CableLabs terms to circumvent that binding.

A positive test is a premium channel although checking the CableCard Content Access (CA) screen will tell you if a channel is encrypted.

ETA: Maybe I'll see how it goes with yours. Are you gonna try to get it paired on Tuesday?

Side note: Amazon seems to be selling a LOT of these.
They showed 17 available yesterday morning and by last night they only had 2 left. Today they are showing 18 more in stock (more on the way!) and in the 30 minutes since we got to the Hotel they have sold 3 more and now have 15 left. It would appear that TiVo may have a winner on their hands. I don't recall the Elites flying off the shelves like these are.

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Wow. I went over to sit in a Tesla (showroom is next door to the Hotel) and now they are sold out. That's 18 units sold in an hour. I guess I moved too slow...

Yes the provider doesn't matter much, but if I were to go through all the HD channels the vast majority are 1080i not 720P. Just the Premium channels alone I receive are around forty five at 1080i. Add in the other HD channels and at least 75% of them are in 1080i.

Even alot of the sports channels are in 1080i. BEIN, MASN, CSN, Golf, NFL, Yes, NBA, Tennis, NHL, Fishing, etc. are in 1080i.

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Fox and ABC/ESPN alone are more than 25% of channels. I'm not doubting that it's uneven, but it's not THAT uneven. I usually personally prefer 1080i, although ESPN is the best looking channel, and it's 720p, so go figure...

Well, another advantage of the BB warranty over the TiVo one is that if your TiVo fails BB will likely just give you credit towards a new one (whatever version is current) whereas TiVo will probably send you a refurb.

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Supposedly they will try to get it fixed first. Since their new extended warranty policies went into effect things have changed. I know they used to not even bat an eye and just give you full credit. But I know the last item I took to BestBuy that was hosed and on the extended warranty, they sent it to get fixed.